"Many cities and towns closed their municipal offices early on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. But town and city clerks in every Massachusetts community remained behind their counters until 5 p.m.
Wednesday was the deadline to submit signatures for questions to appear on the 2018 ballot. The Attorney General’s office certified ballot questions on 18 topics earlier this year – 17 proposed laws and one proposed constitutional amendment.
The groups behind the ballot questions needed to collect at least 64,750 signatures by Wednesday to proceed to the next step in the process. The residents of any one county cannot comprise more than 25 percent of those signatures.
Local clerks must certify the signatures of the registered voters in their communities. That is, the signatures of Milford residents are submitted to the Milford town clerk – and so on."
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http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171122/town-clerks-delay-holiday-for-2018-ballot-question-deadline
For the complete listing of initiative petitions filed for the next election, check out the Attorney General's webpage here
http://www.mass.gov/ago/government-resources/initiatives-and-other-ballot-questions/
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